by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Sep 17, 2019 | Politics
Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City police officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner in an infamous police brutality episode, has finally been fired. It took five years. He applied a fatal choke hold in violation of policy. It happened in broad daylight, it was...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 17, 2019 | Election, Opinion, Politics
Watching the current and recent machinations of the Democratic Party, I conclude the title of this essay. With an addendum: By any means necessary. The latest (pathetic) attempt at taking down Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an allegation of sexual misconduct...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 14, 2019 | Health, Politics
The Democrats recently had another debate, their first with their ten front-runners all on the same stage. I had little interest (as usual) in hearing three hours of droning on how we need more government for everything. But, I was hosting a group of friends, and some...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 24, 2019 | Economics, Education, Election, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
… To Love and Hate Allow me to offer a campaign platform: A nationalized health care system, funded and managed at the state/local level, with private health insurance purchaseable by those who want it. A transition to a privatized, defined-contribution Social...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 19, 2019 | Politics
I’ve spent far too much of my life dealing with the headaches of owning a car in New York City (and, to a lesser extent, its suburbs). As if the near-eternal traffic isn’t enough, parking is itself a giant time-suck for too many of us. The neighborhood...
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